Thursday, May 7, 2009

Bacteria Question.. Please help!?

How exactly does Staphylococcus aureus cause disease/infections? Describe the molecules, machines or organelles in the cell that provide this function.


Thank you so much for any help!!

Bacteria Question.. Please help!?
Staphylococcus primarily infects by person to person contact. S.aureus is mainlyfound to infect the upper respiratory system and one of the substances it produces is coagulase which causes fibrin to form a clot. Production of coagulase is associated with pathogenicity. This induced clotting results in accumulated fibrin around the bacterial cells making it hard for host defence agents to come into contact with them.





S.aureus also produces leukocidin which destroys leukocytes. If this occus in skin lesions it can lead to pus formation.


I hope this helps a little, Sorry!! :)
Reply:wikipedia!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococ...
Reply:look up endotoxins and exotoxins regarding staph. aureus.

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